Wisdom is the abstract of the ...

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

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Sylvia Plath. Interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was misinterpreted as romantic by the college-girl mentality.
I think there was the studio mentality for a long time that women and girls can relate to a male hero, but boys and men can't relate to a female hero.
 Jennifer Lawrence
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
 Harriet Tubman
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
 William Ellery Channing
You must do the things you think you cannot do.

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Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.